CIFF – Chennai International Film Festival

Hungarian Film Festival 2025

Hungarian Film Festival 2025

We are happy to inform you that we are organizing the HUNGARIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2025 in association with the Embassy of Hungary, Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Centre Delhi at Tagore Film Centre NFDC, Music College Road, Chennai – 600028. We will be presenting 4 feature films as per the schedule below.

HUNGARIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2025 

21st August 2025

(Thursday)

Lepattanó/Lepattanó/2024/Dir.: Csaba Vékes/140 min

5.00 pm 

Tagore Film Centre NFDC, Music College Road,

Chennai – 600028

Mastergame/Mesterjátszma/2023/Dir.: Barnabás Tóth/90 min

7.15 pm

22nd August 2025

(Friday)

Magasmentés/Magasmentés/2023/Dir.: András Fésös/

106 min

5.00 pm 

Some Birds/Valami madarak/2023/Dir.: Dániel Hevér/90 min

6.50 pm

 

(For details: Contact – 9840151956/8939022618).

 

NOTICE – 21/08/2025

Due to unforeseen technical issues, we will be screening Lepattanó today (21st August 2025) at 5:30 PM.

We regret the inconvenience caused and sincerely appreciate your understanding.

Films Screening

Lepattanó/Lepattanó/2024/Dir.: Csaba Vékes/140 min

A button-soccer team suddenly receives a large amount of money by error,but they are not willing to give it back. They are going for the European cup instead. An irresponsible father and his hard working but yet loser son try to reconcile with each other while the stakes rise due to their successful participation in the European button soccer tournament

Mastergame/Mesterjátszma/2023/Dir.: Barnabás Tóth/90 min

In this free adaptation of Stefan Zweig’s The Royal Game, Márta and István are trying to leave Hungary with the last refugee train in November of ’56. Aside from the young couple, the church’s invaluable relics are on their way to the western border, towards the free world, whose route the government’s agents are attempting to torture out of B, a catholic priest.Wins:4, Nominations:6

Magasmentés/Magasmentés/2023/Dir.: András Fésös/106 min

Felix, a high rescue specialist, brings down suiciders from bridges in a city in crisis. His son, who secretly makes videos of dangerous rescues and sells them to TV, blames his father for the loss of his mother. As Felix tries to reconnect with his son and help people at any cost, dramatic events unfold.

Some Birds/Valami madarak/2023/Dir.: Dániel Hevér/90 min

Bélafeels like the world is conspiring against him when his son places him in a nursing home. He crossespaths with a rebellious teenager Zoé, who has been sentenced to community service. While Zoé desperately tries to connect with her single mother, Béla wants to prove to everyone that he can live independently so that he can go home. Win:1, Nomination:1

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